# Accident 19800506012169A: Cessna 172H, Stephenville, TX, May 6, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 6, 1980, 11:30 local time
- Place: Stephenville, TX
- Airport: Clark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2145° N, 98.2199° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Stephenville, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2145&lon=-98.2199&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4842G, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4842G-2015-11-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 172N (registry code 2072434, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-172n) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 172H
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,857 total, 1,313 in this make and model, 136 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80FPD27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FPD27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800506012169A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

LOST CONTROL OF AIRPLANE ON TAKEOFF ROLL. FAILED TO REMOVE AILERON-ELEVATOR LOCK PIN.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW80FPD27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80FPD27), May 6, 1980: Cessna 172 (N4842G), Stephenville, TX, substantial damage

## Other reports on N4842G (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20140710014319A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20140710014319A), Jul 10, 2014: Cessna 172N (N4842G), Edgewood, NM, Destroyed. Pilot was taking off on rwy 27 and was about 50 feet high when a gust of wind blew him to the south side of the runway. The pilot described the event as…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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